War Memorial in the Churchyard of the Church of St Martin, Worcester

Heritage listing

Details A churchyard war memorial for an urban church of unveiled on 14 November 1920 and designed and built by David Bros of Barbourne and paid for by public subscription. The cross is of stone ashlar, with inscribed lettering and octagonal on plan. The monument is oriented to face south towards the road. The cross at the apex has octagonal arms. Below this the tapered, octagonal shaft has a moulded cap and rises from the plinth which has an ogee-moulded cap with roll and cavetto mouldings to the edge. The eight sides are inscribed, that on the south face bearing the words ‘IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF / THIS PARISH WHO / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY. Names of the fallen fill the other seven sides. The base of the plinth has a roll and hollow chamfer moulding and the platform has three octagonal steps. This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 18 January 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.